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Questions tagged [spellcheck]

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How do I open the context menu from a Mac keyboard?

In Windows, one can hit Shift+F10 to access the "Context Menu." But a similar keyboard action doesn't seem possible on Mac. One potential application... When I make a spelling error in a document, Lion gives me the option to correct the error by…
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How can I change the language for automatic spelling correction?

I set my input source to be US English. And the flag showing on the taskbar is also an American flag. But whenever I type something in Mail.app or Notes.app the spell check still corrects my spelling to British English: e.g. it highlights my…
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Can I disable auto-correction of a single word on OS X?

I'm running into an annoying issue with OS X's automatic spelling correction where the word nala gets automatically corrected to napa. I've tried adding nala to my custom dictionary under ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary but it still reliably…
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Easy way to install additional spell-check dictionaries for OS X?

I am looking for an easy way to install spell-check dictionaries for languages that are not supported by default on OS X (one example Romanian). By easy way, I mean a solution that does not require command line usage. While this is ok for me, for…
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Can't enable spell checker option in Xcode

Option is greyed out and I cannot enable spell checking in Xcode
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Mojave spell check keeps flagging correct words and tries to change them to grammatically incorrect words

So this has been driving me crazy - it feels like I have a grammar troll living in my computer. MacOS's spell checker keeps flagging words as misspelled that aren't. I notice it mostly in Mail, because that's what I use most. However it's also…
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Is it possible to disable spell check systemwide?

I've just done a clean install of Yosemite, and in practically all of my apps I'm noticing those red underlines whenever I've "misspelled" something (or, more accurately, used an unrecognized name, technical term, piece of code, etc.). I have been…
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Is it possible to hack the "Correct spelling automatically" setting in OS X to emit a sound when correcting?

There are many times when I curse the autocorrection mechanism for changing what I typed, but overall, much of the corrections are welcome so I don't really want to disable it. I do want to have it do it's work but alert me when it makes each change…
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macOS Sierra - iMessage corrects me despite spellcheck is turned off

Good day! iMessage on my mac fixes my typos as I type despite the fact that I've disabled spell check in settings. Here is how it looks: Is there any way to fix that? Thank you in advance.
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OS X Ukrainian spellcheck

I did some research and still have trouble to find any way to enable Ukrainian language spell check in OS X. Please advise how to make it happen.
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Multilingual spell checking on Whatsapp Desktop is not working

Multilingual spell checking (French and English) is working very well generally on my mac OS install. I set it up correctly following these recommendations. However, there seems to be something particular with the Whatsapp Desktop application that…
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How to disable Mac OS X's autocorrect but still show spelling suggestions?

I welcome popup spelling suggestions, but I dislike the OS replacing text as I type without any real confirmation from me. I'm aware both behaviors can be enabled/disabled together as one option in System Prefs > Keyboard > Text, but would anyone…
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macOS built-in spell checker performs badly - what can I do?

macOS Mojave cannot detect that I made a mistake at badd and cannot guess that "approximately" was spelled incorrectly. How can I improve the built-in spell checker? (i.e. I don't want to use a spell checker inside Microsoft Word or similar third…
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Is it possible to disable spellcheck for Coda but leave it enabled for other applications?

I use Coda as web editor, and I usually have to mix Italian and English nouns and phrases. I don't want spellcheck on (as I use programming-related words such as uid and pid), so I'd like to deactivate it. At the same time, though, I'd like to have…
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How to use Sublime Text with the built-in Apple spellchecker

Question in title. Is it possible at all with Sublime Text 3? Now I can download different spellcheck packages or use the built-in ST spellchecker. However, I would like to use the Mac OS spellchecker as it does a great job in auto-correction and…
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